Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usMon, 16 Apr 2012 15:32:57 +0000Prince wants to tweet 2 uhttp://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/prince-tweet-2-u-twitter/<p><img src='//cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/df/76/df763ba5aff1b828980d0f27dde25f07.jpg'></p><p>
Prince has always had an adverse relationship with the Internet.</p>
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The enigmatic R&amp;B star has hired the Web Sheriff to protect his copyright claims, threatened to <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9778087-7.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20">sue YouTube</a>, refused to license his music to iTunes, and even shut down his own site in 2010. At the time, Prince&rsquo;s understanding of the Web was rivaled only by late Alaskan Senator <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE">Ted Stevens</a>, famous proclaiming the <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/prince---world-exclusive-interview-233220">Internet&rsquo;s days numbered</a>:</p>
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&ldquo;Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can&#39;t be good for you.&quot;</p>
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That&rsquo;s part of what makes @PrinceTweets2U such an unexpected&mdash;yet obvious&mdash;parody account. After all, Prince&rsquo;s classic song titles were like proto-texts, easily transferable to Twitter&rsquo;s 140-character realm (see &ldquo;I Would Die 4 U&rdquo; and &ldquo;Nothing Compares 2 U&rdquo;).</p>
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Under the guise of Prince&rsquo;s 1979 self-titled LP, the account alternately posts erotic asides and singular, evocative words&mdash;&ldquo;<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/PrinceTweets2U/status/189858944641019904">crystals</a>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/PrinceTweets2U/status/189982443867082752">purple</a>,&rdquo; and &ldquo;<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/PrinceTweets2U/status/189876959164104704">god</a>&rdquo;&mdash;from &ldquo;Paisley Park&rdquo; (a reference to his 1985 single and record label). It&rsquo;s exactly the sort of sweet nothings you&rsquo;d expect Prince&mdash;at least after watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjLG92qXfSg&amp;feature=related">this Dave Chappelle skit</a> with Charlie Murphy. &nbsp;</p>
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&ldquo;if u let me inside your soul i will show u my secret chandelier&rdquo;</p>
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&ldquo;do unto others the way u get freaky with yourself&rdquo;</p>
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&ldquo;do u want 2 go 2 the waterfall?&rdquo;</p>
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Since April 10, @PrinceTweets2U has collected more than 2,700 followers on just 46 tweets. Follow along while you still can.</p>
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Once the Purple One actually catches word of the parody, it will likely become the Twitter account formerly known as @PrinceTweets2U.&nbsp;</p>
austin@dailydot.com (Austin Powell)Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:32:57 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/prince-tweet-2-u-twitter/NewsTwitterEntertainment